RELIEF

The RELIEF project provided quantified figures on the potential environmental benefits of green public procurement (GPP) in Europe for the first time. The project, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was supported under the 5th Framework Programme of DG Research (European Commission). The results of the project have been widely quoted by the European Commission and other international institutions. These are available as follows:

The Results leaflet, which provides a summarised overview of the findings [pdf file]

The project was carried out by a consortium of research partners, coordinated by ICLEI, from five countries, and supported by the cities of Kolding, Hamburg, Malmö, Miskolc and Zürich. The research partners (apart from ICLEI) involved were the following:

Further publications from RELIEF

Background reports on the procurement of IT equipment [pdf file], cleaning services [pdf file] and buildings [pdf file]. These had served as the discussion basis for the Procura+ Criteria and Manual, and now have been published as seperate documents

City of Göteborg, Sweden: Procurement of Public Urban Transport Services[pdf file]

Results of a legal survey on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement and green purchasing [pdf file] as well a a survey on joint purchasing and enforcement through company complaints [pdf file]

Report Three Scenarios on Green Public Procurement, prepared by IVM [pdf file]

The World Buys Green, an international survey on national green procurement practices [pdf file]